Balompédica 2 - 3 Huracàn (392853338)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and La Línea de la Concepción saw a crowd turnout of 95. He Wing Yan was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bernd Heinzer and Paul Protais. Balompédica had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Vangronsveld - Francobandiera, Márquez Ulloa, Berends - Marreiros, Brau, Sampaio, Mattiacci, Gotzev - Kocsis, Malloci.

Huracàn started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Bálint - Schiavello, Toporovskiy, Abranches, Piña - Reta, Osiceanu, Casanovas, Tambasco - Kılıç, Sprik.

Today, Balompédica's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. It was an obvious ambition of Huracàn to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Balompédica's L. Márquez Ulloa tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. B. Wyka was called on to replace Balompédica's E. Gotzev after 25 minutes following a nasty collision. The head of C. Malloci connected with a corner kick after 31 minutes, and the ball ended up with M. Mattiacci of Balompédica who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 1 - 0. The visitors' S. Kılıç was alert after a cross coming in from the left, levelling the score at 1 - 1 after 36 minutes. It was obvious that Huracàn had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Huracàn's M. Toporovskiy after 38 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 1 - 2 lead. Players in Balompédica heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Balompédica's C. Malloci put his head to a high ball coming in from the right after 39 minutes, but the ball went wide. After 40 minutes, Balompédica's B. Wyka fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! After 41 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by Balompédica was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. It was 1 - 2 at the break. Balompédica enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

The bench was restless, and with 51 minutes passed Balompédica's coach gave W. Staworzyński the opportunity the player had been hoping for. B. Kocsis reluctantly left the field. G. Osiceanu of Huracàn took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 54 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 1 - 3. By now, the players in Huracàn felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Balompédica needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 56 minutes L. Francobandiera made way for H. Mccord. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Balompédica, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. With the scoreboard showing that 74 minutes had been played, Huracàn nearly put themselves up another goal after G. Osiceanu came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. Given a free kick close to the byline, Balompédica tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let M. Mattiacci slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 2 - 3, 75 minutes into the game. Huracàn's M. Toporovskiy had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 80 minutes having been played. A. Tempone was the replacement. Huracàn's G. Osiceanu was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 82 minutes. G. Osiceanu left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 88 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. C. Francia was the replacement. The coach of Huracàn was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 89 minutes, F. Gandaberro came on for I. Casanovas. Possession in this half belonged to Balompédica, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

Most important Balompédica player was M. Sampaio. T. Berends was a disappointment, however. Huracàn's top performer was clearly A. Tempone. On the other hand, J. Abranches's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 3.